It was just some gossip at first, but it spread quickly and soon reached Zhao Meiya's ears.
She was so angry that she was about to hit him with a broom, cursing the heavens and the earth, "What a curse! Why doesn't she just die outside? How dare she ruin my daughter's reputation? I'll tear her stinky mouth apart so she can't speak again."
"Mom, she wasn't the only one who spread the word. What's the point of shutting her up? The more you make a fuss, the less justified you will seem to others."
He Ruixue knew very well that in addition to a few people who were born to gossip, there were also people who were trying to take advantage of the situation.
It's nothing more than seeing the He family's life getting better and better, and jealousy leads to all kinds of dark emotions. Even if he can't bring them down, he will still throw some dirty water on them to feel satisfied.
According to Fang Wanggui's investigation, Yin Hong and other acquaintances also had a hand in the matter.
In turbulent times, the people in the courtyard were able to unite and help anyone who was in trouble.
But when someone's life is going well, they will be the first to feel unwilling and want to pull it down.
I remember that a new daughter-in-law from the textile factory married into our yard. Her surname was Wu and she loved to dress up. Because she was good at socializing, she got along well with the men and women in the factory and they often had dinner together.
The gossips in the yard saw that she always dressed up beautifully when going out, so they spread rumors that she was a promiscuous person and had affairs with many men and women.
In addition, the timing of her pregnancy check was wrong, as it happened to be a few days after her husband returned from a business trip. Doctor Liu's medical skills were ordinary, and he could not find out the specific month of the child's fertility just by taking her pulse.
Xiao Wu's mother-in-law is mean and afraid of losing face, so she doesn't want her to go to the hospital for a check-up.
Her husband didn't trust her and the way he looked at her became increasingly strange.
Not only did he interrogate her at home all day long like he was interrogating a prisoner, he also went to the factory and asked her if she had any close private dealings with any men, and warned all the male colleagues in her workshop.
Now, even those who originally did not believe the rumors looked at her with a bit of contempt. Pregnant women are emotional by nature. Xiao Wu could not stand the dirty words around her, so she hanged herself in less than three months, resulting in two deaths.
Only after she died did her husband's family and the people in the yard seem to realize that something was wrong.
At the funeral, several gossipy women sighed and lamented that it was a pity that she died at such a young age. They helped her wipe and dress herself, and arranged her funeral, giving her a dignified death.
This is the complexity of human nature.
Her man lost his wife and child at the same time, and he fainted from crying several times. But what’s the use of all these when the person is gone?
In He Ruixue's opinion, it is better to handle this matter coldly. Without getting any feedback, those people are too lazy to talk about it over and over again.
"Mom, just forget about it. Let them talk all they want. We'll just pretend we didn't hear anything and live our lives well."
"That won't do. People will just think we're guilty, and who knows what the rumors will be.
Don't worry about it. Just tell me this. She has never fought with me since she was little. Can she still get out of my hand when she is old? "
Zhao Meiya is an old lady who no one in the village dares to offend. She is very capable.
I learned a lesson without any guidance: when you want to cover up a rumor, you have to start one or more more sensational rumors.
It is now late autumn, and the leaves have formed a layer on the main road. When the wind blows, people can't help but sniff.
Zhao Meiya’s greatest pastime in the city was to sit under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the alley, chatting with a group of old ladies about gossip and commenting on the young people in the yard.
The amount of gossip he possesses is comparable to that of professional paparazzi in later generations.
It is true that she is a chatterbox and often exaggerates facts at great length.
For example, Yin Hong was revealed to have embezzled money for buying groceries over the years, and always reported a higher amount, but in fact the food was not fresh. The medicines she prescribed for the elderly were cheap and of poor quality, and had no effect at all.
Her mother-in-law was not a pushover. When she heard about it, she made a big fuss and demanded that she hand over the money.
Li Youlu thought of his old father who had been bedridden for a long time, and he also felt dissatisfied with his wife and did not get involved in their dispute.
In fact, he couldn't figure it out. His family was not short of money. He had to hand over part of his salary every month. Not to mention thousands, but at least several hundred.
Several of his children also have their own jobs, but Yin Hong insisted that the money was saved for their coffins and retirement, and she would not even let him take a look at it, let alone spend it.
He felt helpless, and he couldn't really send his mother back to the countryside as she asked, so he could only make up the money himself.
Before the Li family's affairs were over, the Yan family started to spread the news that Yan Lao San's wife's previous child died at birth.
But the conditions were difficult at the time, and the old lady of the Yan family disliked her because she was a girl and had to eat free meals at home after she was born, so she simply gave her away secretly to someone else to raise.
Yan Lao San also knew about this, but he kept it a secret from his wife. His whole family was committing such a sin, no wonder he had never had a child in all these years. It was all retribution.
When Yan Laosan's wife found out, she went crazy and put a kitchen knife to the old lady's neck, demanding that she hand over her daughter.
Yan Laosan came to mediate, but was slashed by her in anger, leaving a ten-centimeter cut on his arm. If he had not dodged quickly, his entire arm would have been lost.
Even the Zhao family was not spared. Zhao Erhe has always been narrow-minded, and his wife Liu Chunfen's character has changed from cowardly to sarcastic under the long-term influence.
Du Chunhua has a good relationship with Wang Taozhi. Now Zhao Yong can not only buy a suitable job and return to the city, but also become He Chunsheng's apprentice and successfully marry a wife, while her daughter Dani is still suffering in the countryside.
The two families lived together, and the contrast in quality of life was obvious. In the past, the mother-in-law favored her younger son, and whenever the eldest brother's family had something delicious, she would always send a bowl over.
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